Niecy Nash: “I better hurry up and do a comedy before people forget I’m funny”
The comedy giant reflects on her dramatic career transition, her new film Origin and her stance on a third season of Scream Queens.
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“It’s been a long, long, time coming!” Niecy Nash (rightfully) says of her recent awards galore. Last year, the actress and comedian conquered awards season with her first-ever Critics’ Choice and Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to a Golden Globe nomination, for her lauded performance as Glenda Cleveland in Netflix’s record-breaking true-crime series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022). “I wrote an acceptance speech [years ago] and put it on my refrigerator with my kids’ homework and art projects,” Nash, a manifestation queen, tells GAY TIMES. “People would come over and go ‘whose speech is that?’ and I’m like ‘mine’. ‘Oh who’s giving you an award?’ ‘I don’t know, but when they call I want to be ready.'”
